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Category: Sociology Mcqs
Which of the following is NOT associated with functionalism ?
A. Talcott Parsons
B. Ralf Dahrendorf
C. Emile Durkheim
D. Robert Merton
Max Weber_____________?
A. recognized that it is impossible for scholars to prevent their personal values from influencing their work
B. stressed that researchers had to maintain the confidentiality of their subjects
C. emphasized that under no conditions could a researcher allow his or her personal feelings to influence the interpretation of data
D. all of the above
The tourist gaze is socially organized by professional experts and puts the tourist in search of_____________?
A. the familiar
B. the exotic
C. the historic
D. the amusing
Sociology differs from common sense in that_______________?
A. it focuses on the researchers own experiences
B. it makes little distinction between the way the world is and the way it ought to be
C. its knowledge is accumulated from many different research contexts
D. it is subjective and biased
New urbanism was a movement started in 1980s decreasing dependency on_____________?
A. each other
B. Vehicular transportation
C. State
D. None of these
Which one of the following is the most basic manifest function of education ?
A. bestowing status
B. transmitting knowledge
C. promoting social and political change
D. all of the above
The capitalist class of the mid-twentieth century were said to join the upper class because them___________?
A. Participated in the same leisure pursuits and events of the social calendar
B. emulated the lifestyle and cultural values of the traditional aristocracy
C. owned companies and financial assets that generated wealth through corporations
D. had direct personal ownerships of land and businesses as physical assets
It is difficult to ascertain the true extent of domestic violence because___________?
A. there is a large dark figure of unreported incidents
B. the changing definitions of legal categories have made it harder to convict offenders
C. researchers are not allowed access to official statistics
D. there is no valid or reliable way of researching such a sensitive topic
The “natural law” approach is essentially concerned with__________________?
A. civil law or torts
B. limiting the powers of wealthy businessmen
C. family law
D. limiting the powers of government
E. the protection of universal human rights
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a post-industrial society ?
A. Increasing numbers of workers are employed in the service sector
B. Many processes in the work place are automated
C. Economic self-sufficiency is displaced by complex divisions of labour exchange relationships and national and international market systems
D. Changes are accompanied by the knowledge explosion based on the creation processing and distribution of knowledge
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